Majesty by Blind Guardian #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# MAJESTY (Bassline) As recorded by Blind Guardian (From the 1988 Album BATTALIONS OF FEAR) Words and Music by Andre Olbrich Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled' Intro 1 Q=200 3/4 Gtr I Wx19 |---------| |---------| |---------| |---------| Intro 2 Q=160 4/4 Wx4 |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| e e. e. e. e. e e e. e. e. e. e ||----6-------------|---6--------------|| ||o-4----6--7-----4-|-4----6--7-----4-o|| ||o------------7----|------------7----o|| ||------------------|------------------|| 1.,2.,3. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x ||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-5-5-0-0-4-4-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5-o|| ||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|| 4. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-4-4-5-5-0-0-4-4-7-7-5-5-4-4-7-7-| |---------------------------------| Solo 1 E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x ||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-3-0-0-2-2-5-5-3-3-2-2-3-3--|| |-3-| |-3-| E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q ||---------------|---------------|| ||o--------------|--------------o|| ||o-4------5-4-2-|-4------5-4-7-o|| ||---------------|---------------|| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q W W |--------------|--------------||----------------||----------|------| |-4------5-4-2-|-4------5-4-7-||o-4------5-4-2-o||----------|------| |--------------|--------------||o--------------o||-4--------|-4----| |--------------|--------------||----------------||----------|------| Verse 1 E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S ||------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ||------------------------------|-----------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S Q E H 4x |-----------------------------|----------------|| |-----------------------------|---------------o|| |-----------------------------|-4-4-4--2-4----o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|| Interlude 1 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1. 2. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E H S S S S E E H |---------------------------------|-------------------||-------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------o||-------------4\----| |---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-2-4----o||-4-4-4-4-4-2-------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------------||-------------------| Verse 2 E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S ||------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ||------------------------------|-----------------------------| 1. E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S Q E H |-----------------------------|----------------|| |-----------------------------|---------------o|| |-----------------------------|-4-4-4--2-4----o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|| 2. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| Interlude 2 S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E ||----------------------|----------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------o|| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-----------o|| ||------------5-5-5-5-5-|-----------4-4-4-4-4--|| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e H |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |-4-4-4-4---------|-2-2-2-2---------|-4-4-4-4---------|-2-2-2-2-------| |---------5-5-5-5-|---------4-4-4-4-|---------5-5-5-5-|---------4\----| Pre-Chorus 1. 2. H.. S S e e e e Q Q W H. Q H H ||----------------|---------------|----------|-------------||-----------| ||o---------------|---------------|----------|------------o||-----------| ||o-4---------4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-----|-0--------|-0-------2--o||------2----| ||----------------|------------4--|----------|-------------||-4---------| E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E Q Q ||--------------------------|---------------| ||o-------------------------|---------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-----| ||--------------------------|------------4--| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S |-------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------2-2-2-2-2-2----o|| |-------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|| Interlude 3 W +Q E Q E S S E W +Q E Q E S S E |----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| |----------|-------------------|----------|-------------------| |-4--------|-(4)--7-6--7-9-7-6-|----------|------7-6--7-9-7-6-| |----------|-------------------|-7--------|-(7)---------------| W +Q E Q E S S E W E E E Q E q |----------|-------------------|----------|----------------| |----------|-------------------|----------|-9-7-6-7--6-9---| |-0--------|-(0)--7-6--7-9-7-6-|----------|----------------| |----------|-------------------|-7--------|----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Chorus E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||--------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| ||--------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-----------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------------------|| Solo 3 E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||--------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| ||--------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 3x |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-----------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------------------|| Chorus E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||--------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| ||--------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-----------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------------------|| Solo 4 E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-----------------|-0---0---2---2---| |-----------------|-----------------|-4---4---4---4---|-----------------| Bridge E E H Q E E H Q E E H Q E E H Q |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-4--------2--|-4--------0--|-4--------2--|-4--------0--| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q ||---------------|---------------|| ||o--------------|--------------o|| ||o-4------5-4-2-|-4------5-4-7-o|| ||---------------|---------------|| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q E Q. Q Q Q W +W |--------------|--------------||----------------||----------|--------| |-4------5-4-2-|-4------5-4-7-||o-4------5-4-2-o||----------|--------| |--------------|--------------||o--------------o||-4--------|-(4)----| |--------------|--------------||----------------||----------|--------| Verse E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S ||------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ||------------------------------|-----------------------------| 1.,2.,3. E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S Q E H 4x |-----------------------------|----------------|| |-----------------------------|---------------o|| |-----------------------------|-4-4-4--2-4----o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|| 4. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E ||----------------------|----------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------o|| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-----------o|| ||------------5-5-5-5-5-|-----------4-4-4-4-4--|| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e H |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |-4-4-4-4---------|-2-2-2-2---------|-4-4-4-4---------|-2-2-2-2-------| |---------5-5-5-5-|---------4-4-4-4-|---------5-5-5-5-|---------4\----| Bridge 2 E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E Q 4x +W ||----------------------------|-----------------------||--------| ||o---------------------------|----------------------o||--------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-0--o||-(0)----| ||----------------------------|-----------------------||--------| E S S E S S E S S E S S ||--------------------------| ||o-------------------------| ||o-------------------------| ||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| 1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7. 8. E S S E S S E S S E S S 8x E S S E S S E S S E S S |--------------------------||-------------------------| |-------------------------o||-------------------------| |-------------------------o||-------------2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------| Solo 5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| Chorus E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||--------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| ||--------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-----------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------------------|| Outro E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---| |-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H. |-----------------|-----------------|-----------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------| |-----------------|-0---0---2---2---|-4\--------| |-4---4---4---4---|-----------------|-----------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths www.TAB6.com